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framing device

framing device noun: an introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.

Noun

framing device (plural framing devices)

  1. An introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
    • The attack sequence dissolves to the present, back to the circus sideshow of the first reel and the curious onlookers, awaiting a glimpse of the creature in the pit, the framing device all but forgotten during the past seventy minutes of full immersion in freakdom.1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 317
    • “Treehouse Of Horror III”’s framing device finds the good folks of Springfield telling stories during a Halloween party.2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of framing device

pluralframing devices

Questions about framing device

What does framing device mean?
Framing device means an introductory or main narrative that provides a framework for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories.
What part of speech is framing device?
Framing device is a noun.
What is the plural of framing device?
The plural of framing device is framing devices.

Words near framing device in the dictionary

  1. Framilode
  2. framily
  3. framing
  4. framing chisel
  5. framing chisels
  6. framing device
  7. framing devices
  8. framing effect
  9. framing effects
  10. framing hammer
  11. framing hammers

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